Anyways, I've yet to purchase a Vita, and probably never will at this rate, Sony has yet to entice me with a SINGLE game, considered by most to be it's "system seller". They have many IPs, but for some reason, the transition to the DUAL ANALOG STICK has been difficult.

As someone who purchased the PSP for it's power, and a person who enjoys any company who makes good games, I feel like Sony has put the wrong people in charge of some of these titles.

@RustedMan, then don't buy one. You don't own one so how do you know if it sucks? You can't just play it once or twice and call it a failure..... If you don't plan on buying one, then stop talking negative about it and just leave it alone.

So none of the current games interest you, okay. So you rather go support the crap phone market instead? Have fun playing knockoff Gameloft games and updating your phone every 6 months to play identical looking games to your current phone.

"Surprised launch games failed" how? They are selling fine, even Ubisoft said they were happy with Assassins Creed numbers. Its launch, not everyone has one, and launch titles never see mind blowing numbers....

I seriously dont get how 3million in 1 year is bad. Can someone seriously explain it to me.. and please dont say 3DS because compared to 3DS at this rate the 360 ps3 and wii should be considered "doomed" and I guess psp flopped too because it didnt sell as much as the ds? despite selling over 70million. seriously I need an explanation. It feels like PS3 2007 all over again.People claiming things with no real explanation just to tarnish the name.

@RustedMan If you'd asked me what I think of Vita 3 weeks ago, I would have agreed with your opinion but, as a ps+ subscriber for my PS3 and with the deals on Black Friday, it would've been stupid for me not to buy one... You already start with 6 games (3 of which are real and high ranking Vita games) on PS+, and the bundle I got was nothing short of amazing... I still agree tho that they need to develop more games, and fast (the "coming soon" list is not as enticing as I'd like, at least in the short run), but buy one and you will not regret it. It's just the most amazing handheld I've ever had.

Just because I am not liking where the Vita is going doesn't mean I favor the smartphone market of games, or Nintendo, or a damned NeoGeo. I believe that mobile gaming is in flux right now, we don't know what we want. Are we going digital-only or not? are we using storage for game data or are we eventually switching over to streaming games over the internet? what imminent changes will immediately throw curve balls at the handheld market?

For some reason, I'm considered an outlandish fanboy who burns printed pages of Sony's logo but I'm not. Hell I've owned 3 ps3's because two of them have YLOD on me. I consider that to be a pretty damned loyal costumer.

If you guys feel satisfied with your Vita, that's fine, (and don't get me the, "well, don't comment on this article then" crap. Everyone has an opinion, and my opinion is worth the same as everyone else on here). I have never played the Persona series, I haven't been big into RPGs as of late.

But, I've owned every handheld, with the exception of the 3DS, and know that regardless of power, it's games that make the system, and why the "big boys" of Sony can't make their own portable adaptations of their franchises is beyond me.

Yes, it's very early, and I don't think the Vita is going to die anytime soon, (hence the needed clarification of my earlier post) but I am somewhat letdown by what I've seen. Yes, financially, it's damned difficult to settle for games with little replay value, (with the exception of the heralded Persona 4).

All I have to say is that the landscape is changing, and I despise Apple's self imposed monopoly as well as the idea that the five minute "flick the ball into the basket" style of App store flash game will seemingly conquer all handheld games.

I do have high hopes for the console, and developers like "Ready At Dawn" have shown that they are fully capable of making portable versions of their console counterparts, but I hope the trend doesn't go on for long.

history is gonna repeat itself. Sony will not abandon the Vita just like they didn't abandon the PS3 when all we got on N4G (back in 2006) were articles about its doomsday. But guess what... PS3 has the brightest future between the 3 consoles. =)

Gabe Newell [2007]: "I'd say, even at this late date, they (Sony) should just cancel it (the PS3) and do a do over. Just say, 'This was a horrible disaster and we're sorry and we're going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it'."

wishingW3L, the vita is in a completely different situation to the PS3 though. The PS3 has only ever been competing against other consoles, whereas the Vita is competing for pocket space with increasingly powerful smart phones that do so much more than play games. I'm not arguing that a market doesn't exist for a dedicated handheld console, certainly "core" gamers will always prefer the physical controls, but Sony need the Vita to sell to more than just the core demographic.

No, but there will reach a point when nobody is developing games for it anymore, and I suspect that will be sooner rather than later. People don't want it. It's not selling. It's not that hard to comprehend really.

@CG I highly doubt that the Vita will fail anytime soon. Sony are laying down some solid foundations with the Vita like Cross-Gaming and adding it to PS+. It's also easy to develop on and port games to, so little resources are needed to get games on the platform and should encourage developers to keep developing games on it because it's not too risky.

That said, 2012 was a bit of a rough year and Vita failed to reach Sony's expectations. We fully expect the PSV to come back fighting and continue to seep the message into people minds of the awesome feature that is Cross-Gaming. Big games will probably come next year along with a price cut to start some momentum. It also needs a Monster Hunter game because right now in Japan, PSP is more prefered and even outsells the PSV on a weekly basis. They will inevitably get the Japanese moving from the PSP to the PSV soon.

The PSV is no where near dead and I continue to use mine and will do for a long time.

I'm a huge Nintendo fan, and if I bought a Vita, which I will very soon, I'm just waiting for those stupid memory cards to drop in price (if they have somebody please tell me, I could've already been playing Persona), I could EASILY think of 10 games off the top of my head that I want for it. not in any specific order, but this is just off the top of my head: WipeOut 2048 Uncharted Golden Abyss Persona 4 Golden Mortal Kombat LBP Vita PlayStation Allstars Lumines Gravity Rush Rayman Origins Need for Speed Most Wanted

No one game alone is going to save the Vita. If COD couldn't even cause a spark, then GTA definitely won't. It's going to take a consistent wave of great titles combined with price cuts to turn things around.

If you haven't found a reason to buy Vita yet then there is only one reason.... You are poor! "Your family is POOR Kenny!!!" All joking aside :) There are several games for the Vita that warrant a purchase....having Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Madden, MLB the Show, Call of Duty, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Unit 13,and several other titles that are out atm available on the go is just simply a dream come true .... If you can afford one and are truly interested in console quality in the palm of your hand....I truly recommend grabbing one.

sony has proven it again and again that its not race but a marathon so don't expect sony to drop Vita anytime soon. also with more games coming out in 2013 vita is actually looking good.

can't wait for the game from LBP developer can't wait to play that

and the new killzone could be great too

people just want Vita to fail, since day one its been all doom articles, Vita launched with 20 plus games and people forget that and call it a failure yet wii-u launched with 20 plus games and all of the sudden its great? double standard

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i think sony rather sell a little less but make a profit, they are in no position to loose money. and the same goes for ps3 and when they launch ps4. Every system from sony will have to make a profit so days of sony loosing money are gone. their margin for error isn't that big now.

if you just lost all those billions would you take more loss? or would you sell let's say 2 million less but make a profit on each sold.

a really good monster hunter game would do wonders for the vita right now. the vita is a pretty impressive piece of tech and at a reasonable price too its a pitty there isn't much to get excited about as far as the games go. at this point i think its go big or go home for the vita.

I think Sony will do a sort of re-launch when they are ready for a decent price drop. They should at least drop the price next year around march too $179 bundle with a 8gb card and a voucher for a Vita psn game.Then advertise the heck out of it like it just launched for the first time.

Fortunately, us Vita owners have a backup incase the console was left to die - the Plastation Store! That's right, there are 100s of PS1 and PSP games for you to enjoy for a bargain price (in general).

I agree somewhat, but I can get all the PsOne games on emulator/PsOne and all the PsP games on my PsP. If I didn't have a PsP with a huge library of games, then yeah that would be a good deal on it's own.

When it doesn't support a hater agenda, or a kid with no money, it's easy to ignore the fact that Vita already has great games on it and isn't expensive. Just another typical Sony hate article. After 6 years of the same recycled hate, you gotta wonder if there are scripts for these articles that get re-written over and over with minor changes.

The main reason why i didnt buy Uncharted Golden Abyss (which is a new game in the series and not a PS3 port like you are claiming) is because i really didn't want to shell out 50$ for a portable version of Uncharted. But ever since it got added to plus i manage to download it and several other games for free with my Vita.

But i do agree with you that the memory cards are expensive but N4G (contest) a while back gave me a free 32GB stick so im not really complaining.

@andibandit. In order for whatever you said to be true, you'd have to have had a PS3 to begin with. Plus, that $180 you mentioned was for a bundle THAT INCLUDES A 4GB MEMORY STICK! Failure troll is a failure.

Uncharted on the Vita was awesome, but if you want an experience you can't get anywhere else go for gravity rush. It might not be perfect, but the gameplay is insanely unique, nothing like it. Also, the 4 gb card isn't so bad, I'm carrying around Gravity Rush, FF tactics psp, Castelvania, velocity, and mutant blobs on my card right now, along with AC liberation as my physical game. That's a good bit of games to have on you at one time. It isn't like you have to have every game you own on the Vita at one time, I'm using my ps3 to copy games to my Vita.

Sony is doomed just look at their financial situation. Their TV's and the PS3 were and are the cause of their problems, they may be recovering now from the PS3 launch but it made a massive dent on the company and it's still stings them today.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, it was and is still far too early to be writing articles about its demise. Wait until after next years holiday season, then we will have a much better understanding how Vita is doing. Right now is the first holiday season so in 2013 we can expect more games since developers will then have more time with it.

You guys really are in denial if you believe smartphones aren't having an impact on PS Vita sales. I can think of few people who would be willing to carry a PS Vita in addition to a (more or less) essential smart phone.

P.S. Now I come to think of it, I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who owns a Vita.

I would throw in tablets moreso than smartphones. that is what people are flocking to given that you can get a tablet nowadaws for $150...hell, even the 3ds is struggling to keep up...I say if they want the vita to really sell they need to bring it down to $100 or less...not to mention that the games that are being developed are getting better and better with some reaching console quality levels...sure, you have virtual thumbsticks but most people are ok with it.

Virtual joysticks are no alternative if you can have the real thing. Tablet gaming might be an alternative, but I still prefer the Vita if I can get the game there.

Vitas library is okay, but I don't understand why the reviews are dragging most of the games down. Wrong expectations I guess. I enjoy most of them. More is always appreciated. But I can't afford them all anyway. I'm quite ok with what I have.

I do hope the sales of the PSV pickup as im loving mine at the moment. I got NFS which I am really impressed with the Graphics and game play are very impressive and I also have All Stars for it and again this game impresses and having both PS3 and PSV versions I like how they feel the same on both consoles.

You guys are crazy. Since having a vita I actually use it more than my ps3. And, if you guys think the only good game is Uncharted the you are really crazy. It has (arguably) the best Wipeout ever made. It got some good games for its first year. Its the same thing fools said about the PS3 first year out and some of those games turned out to be classics.

Yeah I just can't put the thing down. Gravity Rush is one of the most unique experiences I've ever had in any game. Also, Unit 13 is an incredibly fun shooter which was knocked down for no story or competitive multiplayer, and Liberation is still a fun game. Uncharted was excellent. Wipeout is downloading right now so I would recommend the Vita to any gamer, and I would recommend ps + to anyone who wants to get one. You get more than your money's worth just from the three Vita games that come free.

hi Deus,you right man wipeout is awesome,on vita,i had also wipeout HD on my ps3 's hdd and never played it before,i said i would try it and i discovered that its very good game.Im enjoying Gravity Rush very good game,tomorrow we are getting Bioshok 2 and havent finished all my free ps vita games yet .Sony I hate you ,you are milking my time :)

I will buy it right now for $150 this will be the ultimate ps4 controller

playstation mobile needs to become more like android play store/amazon app store get some student apps make it more than just a gaming device hell give it to Q let him trick it out for Bond lol. It has so much potential it could be used for everything It should have had the moniker It only does everything because in the end this device will mature in do time espcially when ps4 arrives I can see this device being the controller of chose on ps4 take everywhere game everywhere remotely from ps4 if it could be the ultimate ps3 controller it would sell just off that premise alone I wish they put GOW3 on the remote playlist they tease us with GOW1&2 via remote play

Just like Nintendo with 3DS(only its even worse for Vita) People are not spending that kind of money on a hand held. Nintendo had to drop the price almost right after launch. Then they gave the people who had bought the 3DS already a free game. I am not a handheld guy really, BUT I really like the Vita and the 3DS. Handhelds have come along way. If I were to pick up a handheld, I would go with 3DS though. Not because Vita sucks, but there are a vast amount of games for the DS and 3DS.

I have spent 40 hours on my Vita with Persona 4 Golden in the last two weeks. That's more than my console games and I just picked up Borderlands 2 and Halo 4, as well as 8 other games for 360/ps3/wii.

Chalk it up to Atlus being awesome and Personas addictive nature, but all it takes is a few great games and hardware sells just fine. Same reason I haven't purchased a 3DS yet. Nintendo has to give me a few more games worth owning before I consider spending my money on the system.

Best mobile browser among which devices, exactly? Are we including smart phones to your generalization as well? If so, that'd be Safari Mobile (iOS 6 version) as proved by benchmark tests.

On topic: all that Vita needs right now is developer support from Japan. I'm hoping that Soul Sacrifice's release might stir some things up in Japan, and devs would come up and start programming great games that'd appeal to the Japanese audience, which would eventually sell more Vitas, and as the user base expands, the Western developers will start giving Vita the attention it deserves as well; resulting in gorgeous looking, home console quality games like AC Liberation and NFS Most Wanted.

Oh, don't forget the first party support by the way: Sony needs to announce a God of War game, and an Infamous game ASAP, and then you'll see a dramatic increase in the sales numbers.

The device is not even close to its "doom", it's a gorgeous piece of hardware and what it's capable of is evidenced by some great games, the promise and the potential is obviously there, and the future looks bright for it, but gamers are still waiting for more AAA titles which is kind of tiresome, Sony should just try to shorten this process as fast as they can, with new IPs and game announcements to be revealed in the near future in order to keep Vita owners at least excited, giving them a reason to hold on to their systems. Other than that, it's still the most capable handheld out there, and the most powerful mobile gaming device ever released in the history of gaming- you just can't go wrong with that.

yesterday i saw a guy playing a shooting game on his phone..man i really was thinking..the guy has a huge hand and fingers he is almost covering the whole screen..and make me think..oh thank goodness i have a vita..with buttons gaming on the go will be awesome..just saying just saying the truth..

The Vita has plenty of games, I got 18 vita only games and have only beaten 5. And LBP and Sound Shapes, PSASBR, and many others have an endless replay value for what they provide.

To me its just people making up piss poor excuses of not trying it out nor going out of their comfort zone. Heck, I played the Gravity Rush demo for about an hour before the actual game came out, and felt like it was worth giving a shot. And boy was that a great decision. Including other unmentioned titles as well.

And am I the only person that took, "Dice" statement of bringing the "Frostbite 2.0" engine to mobile devices, code for "Yeah, we're looking to bring the Frostbite experience to the Vita"

I can bet my PS Vita, that there will be some jaw dropping games announced at 2013's E3, GamesCom, Tokyo Game Show, etc. That'll make every non-Vita owner(s) envious of those that do own a Vita...

andre hahahah from the moment you or any writer coments and try to prove their point to the commenters loses credibility as a proffessional writer,did I just write professional MUAHAHAHA ,99% of the time I just get in the comment section just to have a laugh at stupid people arguing hahaha

Having the title stated as "Last Hope" is insinuating onto the reader that this is the PS Vita's last straw; if whatever X item that is PS Vita's salvation doesn't work then the system is doomed to fail.

As a writer, you should know the title of the article should be in tuned with its content so if what you say is true and that is, it's quite an optimistic article then maybe you should have an optimistic title.

I still think 2013 is the last year the Vita has to prove itself, and the title reflects that. But the difference between this article a doom article is that I don't think the Vita is destined to fail as I'm very optimistic for it in 2013. The title is quite provocative, but people should still consider the actual content of the article, and I'm right in defending it.

Foreseen this on my crystal ball back in March. Sold it along with 4 games after I bought it and hardly used it for 3 weeks. I really like it but with Smartphones these days, the VITA needs some games that define the system, and sadly, there are none thus far.